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Feud between Cedars-Sinai and surgeon puts focus on patient safety.
Zarembo A. Los Angeles Times. April 6, 2010.

This newspaper article reports on device failures in the context of organizational and individual accountability for unreliable equipment, aborted surgery, and treatment delay.
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